NEWARK — One of the city’s most wanted suspects was captured today by State Police, who located him during another investigation.

Larry Logan, 23, aka "Kahron Jackson", was wanted on charges of aggravated assault with a gun after a shooting on South 14th Street near Orange Street on Dec. 21, 2011, according to a Newark Police flyer. His bail had been set at $400,000, said State Police spokesman Lt. Steven Jones.

Today about 3 p.m., undercover detectives from the State Police’s Street Gang North Unit were securing the area outside of two houses near 6th Avenue and N. 12th St. that were being searched by tactical teams in an unrelated investigation, said Det. Mike Clifford, a unit supervisor.

Logan was seen apparently handing heroin to another man down the street, and Detectives Dave Valente, Tom Kelshaw and Tyrone Coronato took off after him, he said.

Moments later, they caught Logan behind a nearby house, and Coronato recognized him from the city’s most wanted list, Clifford said.

“We have some very fast detectives,” he said.

The area is known for drug distribution, Clifford said.

Logan, a Newark resident, is also being charged with resisting arrest by flight and drug distribution, he said.

The Street Gang North Unit works with members of the Essex County Prosecutor’s office and Newark Police investigating crimes committed by gangs and gang affiliates.